Heartbeat of the rainbow

I like holding trout in the water.

To trout, it must be a lousy experience, but for me, it is a time when I can feel I am being a part of the world. Fish, me, water, rocks, trees, the sky, and the light. All become connected.

When trout is resting in my hand, I can feel his heartbeat through my fingers. It is strange that the water is too cold to keep my hands in it, yet the sign of life I feel through my fingers is strong and warm.

Trout gently breathes through gills, and the strength gradually comes back to his fins. It is a time for him to swim away.

Trout are such a beautiful creatures, and I sometime feel sorry for catching them.


鱒をリーリスする時の感覚が僕は好きです。

魚にとってはとても嫌な経験でしょうが、僕にとっては、魚とか森とか岩とか水とか、自然の中に存在する物達とつながる事ができる瞬間です。

川の水はとても冷たいのに、指先にいる鱒の存在は確かなもので、不思議と温かささえも感じさせます。

僕の手の中で、鱒はゆっくりと呼吸し、尾びれには力が戻り、やがて流れに向かった泳ぎだします。

鱒はとてもきれいです。そのきれいさ故、時に釣るのが忍びなく感じます。

EF 50mm f/2.5 macro

For camera lovers

My friend took me to a camera swap meet today.

I have been looking for a new tripod, so I was hoping to find a nice tripod. unfortunately I counldn't find what I wanted. I saw one which was well made. It was solid enough to be used as a rocket launcher, but it would be too heavy for me to take it to rivers.

Things were mostly old stuff (at least for someone like me got into photography with digital cameras), and I didn't find anything that I can use for my camera apart from one Sigma's zoom lens.

At the end, it was still an interesting morning to see so many old cameras particularly a Hasselblad 500 series with 3 lenses with a price tag of $4800.


カメラのフリーマーケットに友達と行ってきました。
出品されていた物のほとんどが古いフィルムカメラのボディー（ミノルタかペンタックスが多数）かレンズで、唯一僕のキャノンで使えるものはシグマのズームレンズが一つ。

オリンパスのOM-1が日本円で１万５千円位、ハッセルの５００シリーズがレンズ３個付いて４８万。 Leica IIIf (とボディーに書いてありました）は５万円。　この手のクラシックカメラの相場が全く分からない自分にとってはそもそもそれらが安いのか高いのか検討がつきませんでした。　売ってるおじちゃん達はいずれも「バーゲン価格だ」とは言っていましたが。

a test shot with Sigma 24 - 135 mm

Garden flowers part III

EF 50mm f/2.5 macro